The 15-bed hospital building in Jantedhunga is at 33 percent completion. Despite repeated extensions, the work has not been completed.
We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
The 15-bed basic hospital building under construction in Chisapani Bazaar of Jantedhunga Rural Municipality-5 has been left unfinished. The hospital, which was supposed to be completed three years ago, has been left unfinished due to the delay of the construction company.
The Dragon-Rear JV had signed an agreement on Asad 25, 2078, to complete the construction by Asad 28, 2079 at a cost of Rs. 207.1 million. But so far, only 33 percent of the physical progress has been made, said Jantedhunga Rural Municipality Vice-Chairman Khem Bahadur Khadka. The construction company has so far received a payment of Rs. 64.9 million. Khadka said that neither of the two blocks of the building has been completed. ‘One of the two blocks of the hospital building has been left unfinished,’ Khadka said, ‘Only the foundation of the other block has been raised.’
Despite repeated extensions of the deadline, Khadka said that there has been no progress in the work. The deadline was extended for the first time until 25 Ashad 2080, the second time until 30 Ashad 2081, the third time until 15 Ashad 2082, the fourth time until 15 Falgun 2082 and the fifth time until 14 Ashad 2083.
Although some work was done last time, the construction work has been stalled since Baisakh. Khadka said that the executive meeting of last Ashad 6 decided not to extend the deadline after the work was not done.
After substandard ballast and sand were used in the under-construction building, the rural municipality had ordered the demolition of the constructed structure. After it was found during the monitoring that substandard ballast and sand were used in the foundation of the building, the decision of the village executive meeting was made to demolish the constructed structure and do quality work. It was found that the PCC slope was mixed with mine sand in the foundation, so it was demolished and built. Devraj Pandey, the director of the construction company, said that the PCC slope was demolished because some problems were observed.
Pandey said that the construction of the building started only after a year as the DPR of the building had to be revised twice. He said that the cost of the building increased by about 30 million rupees due to the revision of the DPR twice.
The locals had provided five ropanis of land free of charge for the construction of the building.
Pandey said that the construction was delayed due to the time taken to change the DPR, the absence of a bridge in Phoksingtar, and the Genji movement. However, Pandey said that the work will be completed within a year as the necessary materials have reached the construction site. ‘The work has been delayed due to the revision of the DPR twice, the destruction of the bridge in Phoksingtar, and the Genji movement,’ Pandey said, ‘Now, work is being done in a hurry to complete it within a year.’
